asilus
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăsīlus: i, m.,
I a gad-fly, horse-fly, usu. tabanus (cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100); Gr. οἶστρος (cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 15), Verg. G. 3, 147 (cf. Hom. Od. 22, 300). (Even in Seneca's time the word was antiquated; v. Sen. Ep. 58; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100.)>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăsīlus,¹⁵ ī, m., taon : Virg. G. 3, 147 ; Plin. 11, 100.
Latin > German (Georges)
asīlus, ī, m., die Bremse, Viehbremse, gew. tabanus, griech. οιστρος, noch jetzt ital. asillo, Verg. georg. 3, 147 (dazu Philarg. u. Voß). Sen. ep. 58, 2. Plin. 11, 100 u. 32, 10. Tert. de pudic. 10. Serv. Verg. georg. 3, 148.
Latin > English
asilus asili N M :: gadfly; horse-fly
